Utah LLC Annual Renewal: Due Date, Fee and What Happens If You Miss It

How the Annual Renewal works in Utah

Utah calls its yearly filing an annual renewal, and it goes to the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code inside the Department of Commerce, not to a Secretary of State. The deadline is tied to the LLC's anniversary month: the renewal is due by the last day of the month the company was formed, and the online system accepts it up to 60 days early. The fee is $18 whether or not anything has changed. Filing happens in the state's business registration portal, which requires a personal UtahID login, so the person filing needs their own account before they can search for the entity. The Division mails reminder postcards to the registered agent, not to the members, so an LLC using a commercial agent may never see the notice. Once the month ends the record turns Delinquent and a $10 late fee applies; a record left unfiled long enough becomes Expired.

First report: The first renewal is due by the last day of the formation month in the calendar year after the LLC was formed.

When your Annual Renewal is due: worked examples

If you miss the deadline

• A $10 late renewal fee is added once the renewal is past due, on top of the $18 renewal fee.
• The record shows Delinquent after the due date; if the report is still not filed 60 days after it was due, the Division can serve a notice, and if the problem is not cured within 60 days of that notice the LLC is administratively dissolved, which the Division's records show as Expired.
• Fixing a dissolved or forfeited LLC is covered in our Utah LLC reinstatement guide.

How to file the Utah Annual Renewal

• File online at businessregistration.utah.gov after signing in with a UtahID; choose Annual Report with Changes or Annual Report without Changes and look up the business by name or entity number.
• What becomes public: The renewal confirms the principal office address, the registered agent's name and address, and the names and addresses of the people who manage the company, all of which appear on the public business record.
• Filed or paid alongside it: Utah has no separate franchise tax for LLCs taxed as partnerships or disregarded entities; an LLC that elects corporate taxation files a Utah corporate franchise tax return with the State Tax Commission, separate from the renewal.
• Official filing page: file with the state

What Utah charges over five years

Counts only the formation fee and the Annual Renewal fee. Utah has no separate franchise tax for LLCs taxed as partnerships or disregarded entities; an LLC that elects corporate taxation files a Utah corporate franchise tax return with the State Tax Commission, separate from the renewal. Registered agent service, if you use one, typically adds $100 to $300 a year.

Utah compared with nearby states

Mistakes Utah owners make

• Waiting for a reminder in the mail, when Utah sends renewal postcards to the registered agent's address rather than to the owners.
• Assuming the deadline is the exact formation date, when Utah allows filing until the last day of the anniversary month.
• Trying to file without first creating a UtahID login, which the business registration portal requires.
• Ignoring a Delinquent status, which still allows a simple late renewal but becomes an Expired record if left alone.